PIV Measurements of In-Cylinder Flow in a Four-Stroke Utility Engine and Correlation with Steady Flow Results

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 2004-September, Issue September, 2004, Pages

  Bevan, Karen E ^a   Ghandhi, Jaal B ^b  

^a EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUEL ECONOMY; GEOMETRY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MANUFACTURE; STEADY FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE; COMBUSTION DURATION; COST OF MANUFACTURING; CYCLE TO CYCLE VARIATION; ENGINE MANUFACTURERS; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 85018909412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01487191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-32-0005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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